Wounded Warriors Find Healing in Hobbies
August 25, 2015 — Staff Sergeant Matthew L. Slade is not a professional photographer. If he wanted to take a photo two months ago, he’d have used his cell phone. Despite no prior formal photography training, Slade now looks every bit the professional as he walks up and down San Onofre Beach with a tripod and camera in hand, crouching in the sand and on the rocks MORE
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Operation Amped surfs with those who serve
August 26, 2013 — Operation Amped held its seventh annual surf clinic at the San Onofre Beach here Aug. 23.The 3-day clinic was held to give back to those who've been wounded in service to our country by helping them learn to surf, said Tom Tapp, founder and president of Operation Amped.The disabilities of the veterans ranged from traumatic brain injury to MORE
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Wounded Warriors go from the front line of battle to the coastline of Pendleton
August 15, 2012 — Operation Amped held a three-day surf camp for Wounded Warriors at the San Onofre Beach on Camp Pendleton, Aug. 10 through Aug. 12. The sport therapy camp provided surfing lessons to rehabilitating injured service members. "Surfing is a very spiritual and therapeutic experience and we thought that this activity would be very beneficial for our MORE
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